Hanja Analyzer
耕

耕 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밭갈[犁田] 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
plow, cultivate
Mandarin
gēng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たがや.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,568 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
耒 (127, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
井
Unicode
U+8015

Parts that make up 耕

  • 耒 따비 뢰 갈래진 쟁기밭 가는 연장
  • 井 우물 정sound 우물 난간우물. ‘정·형’ 계열의 소리

How 耕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 耕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 耒, 井.

Korean example words with 耕

  • 경지耕地 Korean gloss: 경작하는 토지
  • 경종耕種 Korean gloss: 논밭을 갈고 씨를 뿌림
  • 경작耕作 Korean gloss: 땅을 갈아서 농사를 지음
  • 경전耕田 Korean gloss: 논밭을 갊. 또는 그 논밭
  • 자경自耕 Korean gloss: 자기 스스로 논밭을 갈아 농사를 지음
  • 기경起耕 Korean gloss: 묵힌 땅이나 생땅을 일구어 논밭을 만듦
  • 휴경休耕 Korean gloss: 부치던 땅을, 농사를 짓지 아니하고 얼마 동안 묵힘
  • 경잠耕蠶 Korean gloss: 밭을 갈아 농사짓는 일과 누에 치는 일을 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 수경水耕 Korean gloss: 생장에 필요한 양분을 녹인 배양액만으로 식물을 재배하는 방법
  • 경구耕具 Korean gloss: 땅을 갈아 농사를 짓는 데 쓰는 기구. 쟁기, 써레, 쇠스랑, 괭이, 호미 따위가 있다
  • 경간하다耕墾 Korean gloss: 논이나 밭을 일구어 갈다
  • 경식하다耕食 Korean gloss: 농사를 지어 살아 나가다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 耕

  • 耕作こうさく cultivation; farming
  • 農耕のうこう farming; agriculture; cultivation
  • 耕地こうち arable land; plantation; farmland
  • 休耕きゅうこう lying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated
  • 耕すたがやす to till; to plow; to plough
  • 水耕すいこう hydroponics
  • 耕具こうぐ farm tools; farm implements
  • 深耕しんこう deep plowing; deep ploughing
  • 馬耕ばこう tilling with horses
  • 筆耕ひっこう making a living copying or writing
  • 耕土こうど arable soil
  • 耕種こうしゅ tilling and sowing

Characters sharing the phonetic 井

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 耒

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